Should the ascending aorta be replaced more frequently in patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 677-683

  Borger, Michael A ^a,b   Preston, Mark ^a,b   Ivanov, Joan ^a,b   Fedak, Paul W M ^a,b   Davierwala, Piroze ^a,b   Armstrong, Susan ^a,b   David, Tirone E ^a,b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

AGED; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6344231650     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.07.009     Document Type: Article

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